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- Title
A New Species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Misima Island, Papua New Guinea.
- Authors
Richards, Stephen J.; Oliver, Paul M.
- Abstract
Cophixalus misimae Richards & Oliver, n. sp., is described from low-altitude rain forest on Misima Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. It is a small (males 15.5-16.1 mm, females 19.3-19.6 mm) terrestrial species with a visible tympanum, a snout that is distinctly truncate in dorsal view, unwebbed toes, a dark brown lateral stripe, and a call consisting of a train of high-pitched pulses. It is the third species of Cophixalus known from the Louisiade Archipelago and is currently known only from Misima Island.
- Subjects
MISIMA Island (Papua New Guinea); LOUISIADE Archipelago (Papua New Guinea); PAPUA New Guinea; COPHIXALUS; RAIN forests; ANIMAL species
- Publication
Pacific Science, 2007, Vol 61, Issue 2, p279
- ISSN
0030-8870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[279:ANSOCA]2.0.CO;2